I thought it'd be nice to share a couple of clips/examples of the profiler that I'm currently working on for our upcoming My Heart's Desire album.. I'd appreciate any feedback you have.
The first clip has the band integrated in with it... we did the keyboards, bass and guitar work on location in Los Angeles a month or so ago at Ron Feuer's studio. I used a Focusrite Scarlett 18i8 for the session as it fit in my carry on shoulder bag with the lunchbox and cables. The bag is a Tenba Pro Traveller 695, used for photography equipment but is awesome for the lunchbox and accessories; and cheap when you find them used. The 18i8 has 10 inputs so we tracked simultaneously to get an interactive feel; it's USB but no latency.
The Rhythm Guitar is a '98 Anderson Cobra, neck pickup on 6, played through Kemper Profiler with the GRS H&K Tubemeister 18 profile created by GRS Studio, (I've modified).
At 46 seconds in, the Lead Guitar is a '61 Gibson ES-175, original PAF's with the switch in the middle position, bridge volume at 10 and neck on 7, played through the Kemper Profiler with the Dumble 1978 OD profile created by Xavio (I've heavily modified the amp attributes to get the expressiveness that suits my playing style).
https://soundcloud.com/sowingtheseeds/seeds-clip-1
There's been some discussion about the use of acoustic guitars with the Kemper so this is an example that I get out of mine. This clip is just the click track with two profiler examples.
The Rhythm Guitar is a 1949 Martin D28 with the LR Baggs M100 pickup installed and played through the Kemper Profiler with the Single Rectifier profile created by Bremen (MeBo Single Recto), though this profile indicates it was modified by Till Schleicher; I dig his stuff, especially his cabinets. (I've modified). I find it interesting how you can get a killer acoustic sound out of a Rectifier amp! Though my favorite acoustic profile is from Andy (And44), The Amp Factory, a freebie named Lazy J80 Clean.
At the beginning of the clip there're a pair of guitars doing fills and then at the end, 30 seconds in, a single lead guitar, The Lead Guitars are the 1961 Gibson ES-175 with the switch set to middle position and both volumes set to 7. The Kemper profile is the Dumble 1978 OD profile created by Xavio again heavy amp attributes modified by me.
https://soundcloud.com/sowingtheseeds/seeds-clip-2
For newbies, my takeaway from this would be to spend a lot of time in the Stack area, especially the Amp section though there is tons of benefits that come from the Cabinets area as well. It is amazing how much you can taylor the sound of any amp to your particular likes and style by getting to know the amp attributes such as definition sagging, pick, compressor, clarity, bias and shape.. even direct mix can dramatically change the sound to something totally new. With just a bit of time you can turn an amp into something magical... expressive... and totally you. Of course, I'm a newbie too with slightly more than six months in Kemperland under my belt...